The world 4/21/11

THURSDAY

Brain scans of healthy people showed signs that the brain was shrinking in Alzheimer’s-affected areas nearly a decade before the disease was diagnosed.

A U.S. jury convicted Barry Bonds of one count of obstructing justice but deadlocked on other charges that baseball’s home run king lied to a grand jury about whether he knowingly used steroids.

ABC television announced it was canceling its long-running daytime soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live.” The two shows have been on the air for a combined 67 years.

FRIDAY

After printing 3 billion copies of a new postage stamp b...